“Motherless Brooklyn” is only Norton’s second directorial effort after 2000’s mildly amusing “Keeping the Faith.” It stars Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Leslie Mann, and Cherry Jones. Per the film’s NYFF synopsis: “Emotionally shattered by a botched job, Lionel Essrog (Norton), a lonely private detective with Tourette syndrome, finds himself drawn into a multilayered conspiracy that expands to encompass the city’s ever-growing racial divide and the devious personal and political machinations of a Robert Moses–like master builder, played by Alec Baldwin. … ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ is the kind of production Hollywood almost never makes anymore, and a complexly conceived, robust evocation of a bygone era of New York that speaks to our present moment.” New York Film Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones said in a statement: “Edward Norton has taken Jonathan Lethem’s novel as a jumping-off point to craft a wildly imaginative and extravagant love letter to New York, a beautifully told semi-musical hard-boiled yarn grounded in the mid-20th century history of the city. What a way to close the festival!” The 57th New York Film Festival will run September 27 – October 13. Warner Bros. is releasing “Motherless Brooklyn” in theaters on November 1. Contribute Hire me
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